Maribacter halichondriae sp. nov., isolated from the marine sponge Halichondria panicea, displays features of a sponge-associated life style.

ABSTRACT: A new member of the family Flavobacteriaceae (termed Hal144^T) was isolated from the marine breadcrumb sponge Halichondria panicea. Sponge material was collected in 2018 at Schilksee which is located in the Kiel Fjord (Baltic Sea, Germany). Phylogenetic analysis of the full-length Hal144^T 16S rRNA gene sequence revealed similarities from 94.3 to 96.6% to the nearest type strains of the genus Maribacter. The phylogenetic tree of the 16S rRNA gene sequences depicted a cluster of strain Hal144^T with its closest relatives Maribacter aestuarii GY20^T (96.6%) and Maribacter thermophilus HT7-2^T (96.3%). Genome phylogeny showed that Maribacter halichondriae Hal144^T branched from a cluster consisting of Maribacter arenosus, Maribacter

SUBMITTER: Steiner LX 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10942906 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature